Malton Museum
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Independent, accredited, and run by volunteers. Malton Museum holds a large collection of Roman artefacts and local history. Open 4th April - 31st October 2026 Thursday - Saturday 10:30 am - 3:30 pm
Malton Roman Festival V is tomorrow! Join us in Orchard Fields from 10:00 am for a day of Roman history for all the family. All the details are across our social media pages and website. We can't wait to see you all there!
With just a couple of days until Malton Roman Festival V, here is the schedule for the day!
Our Malton Roman Festival Team Leader, Louise, was on BBC Radio York this morning discussing Roman Malton and the upcoming festival! Listen from 1:10:00 on BBC Sounds here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Read an exclusive interview with Terry Deary, who will be joining us at Malton Roman Festival, in this week’s Gazette & Herald! He discusses how he got into writing, anecdotes from his latest book Revolting, and that he believes volunteers are the real heroes, who go around unnoticed doing good.
Feast like a Roman and enjoy some delicacies from Ancient Rome at Malton Roman Festival V! 🍽️ We will once again have a range of delicious food and drink available. New editions include: 🥩 Fizziwig Food 🇮🇹 Risotto2Go 🍰 Casa Mia Italian Restaurant ☕️ The Coffee Box UK 🍺 Storymaker Mead
Have you purchased your tickets for our next summer lecture? On Thursday, Chris Needham will explore James Cook’s distant voyages, outlining encounters with Indigenous communities, and reflect on shaping perceptions of the world. Book your tickets here: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...
The Romans arrive in Malton next Sunday! There’s just one week to go until Malton Roman Festival V, a great day out for all the family on the site of an old Roman fort. 🎟️ Purchase your tickets on our website here: malton-museum-shop.square.site/s/shop
We will be joined by several historical, research, and archaeology groups at Malton Roman Festival V, who will each exhibit aspects of Roman life and discuss any recent research. 🏛️Attending historical groups: MAP Archaeology York Roman Bath Museum Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society
We are still looking for sponsors surrounding our bale campaign. Just £5 each, they provide seating for our festival goers without damaging Orchard Fields. If you would like to sponsor a hay bale, pop into the museum or visit our website here: malton-museum-shop.square.site/s/shop
Malton Roman Festival is a great family day out, offering a range of fun and creative activities for children, including some new additions! 🛡️Shield & sword painting 🏺Terracotta air dry clay pot/lamp making 🪖Cardboard Roman helmet painting 🍃Laurel wreath making 🎨 Mosaic making 🏛️Archaeology dig
During the 18th century, a new group of landowners with fresh interests began developing Malton and shaping it into the market town we know today. A 1728 painting by John Settrington illustrates the beginnings of the town layout, with St. Leonard’s Church in the centre, missing the top of its...
📚 Step into the authors’ tent at Malton Roman Festival this year 📚 Whether you're fascinated by Roman Britain, love historical fiction, or simply enjoy a great story, our authors’ tent is packed with talent this year…
Calling all Horrible Histories fans… 📚 Terry Deary, best-selling author of Horrible Histories and A History of Britain in Ten Enemies, is coming to Malton! Join him at Malton Roman Festival on 19 July for a reading and talk with fascinating insights about Roman history, followed by a book signing.
If you’re looking for somewhere to escape the heat, visit us at the museum, where it is cool all year round! 🌡️☀️ We are open tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday, 10:30 - 15:30.
Last chance to get discounted Roman Festival tickets… ⏳ Watch history come to life on Sunday 19 July at Orchard Field, Malton. 🎟 Book before 1st July to save on your tickets! Visit our online shop here: malton-museum-shop.square.site/s/shop 📸 Legion march, taken by James Hardisty
We are pleased to announce Northern Horse will join us at Malton Roman Festival V! This group of history re-enactors will bring the Ala Augusta Prima Gallorum along to Delgovicia Fort. They will display drills in training and show their expertise and skill in battle when supporting a Legion.
There is just one month to go - have you got your tickets for Malton Roman Festival V yet? Join us for a day packed with Roman history for all the family on the site of the old Roman fort! The Early Bird Discount is still available, so grab your tickets before 1st July to get 10 % off.
Titled 'Imagined Geographies and First Encounters,' Chris Needham will explore the journeys of Captain James Cook in a lecture next month. Journals and diaries offer fascinating insights into the past, with those of explorers sparking profound questions when they returned from distant voyages.
Join us on our Georgian Boom Time town tour on 4th July! We will consider the earlier layout of medieval Malton, before exploring how it developed into a Georgian market town, which became a prosperous regional market centre for nearly three centuries.
Also, Lena the Aerialist will re-create Roman entertainment with some breathtaking aerial performances, and artisans will demonstrate craftsmanship and skills of daily Roman life.
... the Brigantes of Wincobank Hill, who will bring Roman Britannia to life through their authentic equipment and shared passion for Roman history. Across the encampments, military displays will exhibit the changes in military equipment and Roman life throughout 400 years of occupation.
Do you want to immerse yourself in Roman life? Our re-enactment village and living history area promises to be at the heart of Malton Roman Festival V! We will welcome back many familiar faces, including The Longthorpe Legion, Magister Militum , Eburakon, Legio VI Victrix, SylvanKin, and...
Next week, shepherdess, spinner, and wool-crafter, Sue Wiles, will be joining us for our next lecture! Titled 'The Life of a Wool-crafter', Sue will discuss how she got into the trade, the history, and the importance of keeping an old tradition alive in a world of mass production and synthetics.
Shepherdess, spinner, and woolcrafter, Sue Wiles, will be joining us on 18th June for our next lecture! Titled 'The Life of a Wool-crafter', Sue will discuss how she got into the trade, the history, and the importance of keeping an old tradition alive in a world of mass production and synthetics.
Don't forget - 'Roman Life in Malton' town tour is on Saturday at 11 am! Tickets are still available to be purchased on our website here: www.maltonmuseum.co.uk/online-booki...
Following a series of excavations in the 1920s, archaeologist Philip Corder devised a plan of Malton Roman Fort. Conforming to the classic shape of most Roman forts, it was strategically placed to dominate the river crossing and Kirkham Gorge. It is significant and historically unusual...
It is Volunteers' Week! Malton Museum consists entirely of volunteers, who welcome visitors, care for our vast collection, and showcase local history. We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has volunteered for us over the years; we would not be able to do it without them! #volunteersweek
Get EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT tickets for Malton Roman Festival V now! 🎟️Adults £10 | Children under 14 free | Family tickets £20 (2 adults and up to 4 children under 14). Early bird tickets available until 1 July 2026.(10% discount) Purchase tickets here: malton-museum-shop.square.site/s/shop
Malton Roman Festival V is not far away, but if you’re eager to learn about Malton Roman life, join us on a tour around the Roman Fort next week! Explore Orchard Field with our guides, learning about how the fort developed, what life was like for a Roman soldier, and even how to fight like one!
May is #LocalHistoryMonth! Here at Malton Museum we exhibit local history from the Roman era up to twentieth century Malton and Norton, displaying an array of archaeological and social history. Have you visited us recently? Let us know what you learned!